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A Case for Affirmative Action in the World of Meritocracy
Guest Opinion Coined in 1958 by the sociologist Micheal Young in his book The Rise of the Meritocracy—describing a dystopian society in...
India's Sarvoch Nyayalaya
Guest Opinion The Supreme Court of India has come to occupy the spotlight in public discourse and consciousness. There is added scrutiny...
Assessing Ambedkar’s Controversial Manusmriti Dahan
Burning of Manusmriti on 25th December 1927 by Babasaheb Ambedkar inspired a new style of defiance of the Manusmriti. The Manusmriti,...
India-Vietnam Relations: A Geopolitical Analysis
In geopolitics, the closer your ally is to your common adversary, the better it is. The same goes for Vietnam and India. Vietnam is at a...
Freedom of Speech & Expression: The Golden Fruit in the Tree of Democracy
Guest Opinion It is two factors which makes democracy desirable even in its worst of times, something every citizen of a democratic setup...
Recounting Palkhivala’s Missed Opportunities on his Death Anniversary
Guest Opinion Hindustan Times I write this piece in memory of Nani Palkhivala, a courtroom genius, on his death anniversary. His...
Putting into Perspective: USA's 'Kungflu' Mastery
Guest Opinion Mike McQuade for The Atlantic It was not very long ago that I read about American hegemony in my Class 12th Political...
History of Kalidasa’s Works: Through a Marxist Lens
The ancient period of the Indian subcontinent was marked with the writing of rich Sanskrit literature which provides us with an in-depth ins
Regulating OTT Platforms – One Step Forward, and Two Steps Back
Guest Opinion Amidst a pandemic where enterprises are struggling to stay afloat, the business of various online streaming platforms is...
Periyar E. V. Ramasamy: The Exigency to Revive the Revolutionary Legacy of South Asia's Socrates
"If a larger country oppresses a smaller country, I'll stand with the smaller country. If the smaller country has majoritarian religion...
The Romans are Worried: Rise of China & Future of the West
Since the times of the Romans, Spaniards, Portuguese, the French, the British, the Germans, the Russians, and now the Americans - the...
The Price of Positioning Priorities: Recreating Demand for ‘Real Issues’ in Politics
Guest Opinion As the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) narrowly scraped through in what has been one of the most closely contested...
India’s Tryst with Panchayat Elections
A gram panchayat meeting in Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh. Credit: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh A fervour of anxiety and enthusiasm all around,...
Swift Bail and the Stiff Bias
Republic TV anchor Arnab Goswami on his release from jail on November 11. | PTI Judiciary is considered as the last institution of hope...
Hijab: Meanings, Disputes & Perspectives
Singapore: When Sarah arrives at the clinic, she removes her veil. “They told me that I can't work here if I wear the Tudung (local Malay...
Corporate Hijacking & Co-Optation and of Social Movements
The world has experienced a sharp rise in social movements in the past few decades. We have seen numerous instances of mass-mobilisation...
Divergent Destinies of Two Nations: Analyzing Democracy in India and Pakistan
Guest Opinion The conference in New Delhi where Lord Mountbatten (centre) disclosed Britain’s partition plan for India to Nehru and...
Between the Lines: Presidency and Polity
Guest Opinion As Indians, we tend to forget too easily that we wish to forget and relatedly, see the highest constitutional post as a...
A Tale of Two Streets
Guest Opinion As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc, only a handful of countries managed to get out of it unscathed. With...
Trump vs Biden: Who's Better for New Delhi?
No elections on this earth can ever have more influence, foreign viewership, interest and impact than the US elections. America is the...
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